Medical Assistant - Brown Urology

Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is recruiting candidates for Brown Urology. Please read more about Skills for Rhode Island’s Future at the end of this job description.

COMPANY NAME: Brown Urology

JOB TITLE: Medical Assistant

LOCATION: Providence, Rhode Island

HOURS: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Functions as a medical assistant to Brown Urology Inc. with primary responsibility to the providers and the Practice Manager. Primarily responsible for rooming patients and ensuring necessary medical documentation is entered into the electronic health record, while maintaining exam rooms, sterilizing instruments and assisting with office urological procedures. Works in conjunction with other secretarial staff ensuring smooth patient flow. Knowledge of sterile technique, OSHA regulations, proficiency with electronic medical record systems and expert handling of patient issues and patient confidentiality is essential

Key Responsibilities:

• Obtaining and properly documenting in the electronic medical record the patient’s vital signs, past medical, social, and surgical history, allergies, and medications.
• Review patient forms to ensure they are complete and assist patients with the completion of the forms if indicated.
• Preparing examination rooms for provider needs during office hours including proper cleaning, and stocking of supplies in assigned examination rooms.
• Preparing necessary equipment for urological procedures and assisting providers when necessary
• Proper handling, cleaning, and processing of all contaminated instruments and/or materials as mandated by regulatory guidelines.
• Ensuring continuity of patient schedules by the timely rooming of patients.
• Proper collection, handling, labeling and documentation of all specimens and ensuring delivery of specimens to the pathology lab.
• Responsible for any other duties, clinical or administrative, as may be assigned by the clinical nurse manager.

 Successful candidates will have:

• Degree from an accredited technical school or certification as a medical assistant.
• 2-3 years of relevant surgical technical support either in a hospital or office setting preferred
• Medical terminology knowledge
• Thorough knowledge of Universal Precautions
• Ability to represent the organization and serve consumers in a professional manner and promote a positive image of the organization and its services.
• Mental and sensory abilities to read process and interpret medical/surgical data.
• Computer literate with knowledge of electronic medical record systems and data entry
• This position requires long periods of standing and transportation in order to travel to all office locations as needed.
• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, lift, push/pull up to 25 lbs., stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours

HOW TO APPLY

For more information and a full job description, please visit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future website at www.skillsforri.com/jobs. Applicants interested in this position will be screened by Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and Brown Urology will make the final hiring decisions.

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